The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-17
laUi als!Nt4Iy GROW "a.
THE BEAUTIPUL OLD TOWN IN.
BUBD WITH NEW LIFE.
Over . Alllisn Dollars Invested Since
January 1.-The Elers Railroad
Hotel Monte san0.

In jars filed with alcohol, where they
may be found in years TO come, pre-.
served for future generations to look
upon. II these specimens Of human
ity were no. kept thus'y the coming
progeny, who will only know Hunts.
vile as live and prosperous place,
could not be convinced that such men
ever inhabited the town.
Well, this boom. fever has struck
Huntsville. The lethargy has been
shaken Of. One does not now fnd
the stores crowded with old fogies,
whose chief Dusinefs ives TO gossip; to
attend to their nsigbb, r's business
and neglect their own; TO smoke and
chew tobacco and fqlirt the Juice into
. eawdust cuspidor; TO white and
cut grotesque hsures In the seats Of
the chairs; 10 resd snd never sub.
scribe for the newspapers; TO criticise
the energetic men; 10 do nothing.
There 10 marked Improvement In
the Spring City. Many buildings have
been erected, the manufacturing &C.
tablishments have doubly increased
their facilities and capacities; stores
have been enlarged and rebuilt; ho-
tells have increased In numbers; many
transfers In real estate have occurred,
and over 81, 000, 900 have been invested
since the opening Of the year:
THE FLORA RAILROAD.
The Flora railroad, which gives
Huntsville q direct thoroughfare to
Nashville, has been completed TO
Newmarket, nine miles from Hunts.
vile. Mr.. Ben P. Hunt, Of the ker.
curry, 6rst suggested and kept ham.
msring the great benefits OF this line
into the people INCREASINGLY, until al.
ter awhile they saw the wisdom OF his
words and subscribed literally TO the
project and secured the boon. He
WAS the father OF the scheme and to
him belongs the credit, OF It's peifec-
tion aud completion. '-t.
While these larger enterprises were
being worked up" lesser improve
meDts were not neglected. The
streets have been put into ex
cellent condition, street railway
has bsen constructed, and an electric
light plant hss been put into opera.
ton. These lights were turned on for
the first time last Tuesday night. IL
Was at the same time al amusing aud
gratifying sight 10 see ths Inhabitants
turn out TO see these lights. They
seemed 10 have been attracted 10 the
brilliant spark ns Involuntary and
uncor.roilsbly ss the insects that
dashed their brains out. on the glass
globe that surrounded the lights.
This, however, was comnendable and
pardonable, for II was an evidence OF
q revolution In that dead old town OF
q few years ago, and showed the cit.
Iens appreciated the Significance Of II.
HOTEL MONTE sAso.
Perhaps there Is no city'in the South
whose situation 10 90 enhanced by the
beauties and sublimitiee OF nature ~
Huntsville. Providence has laid bis
hands 90 propitiously upon It's en-
virons and wrought sueh vacilla,ing
panorama Of inspiriog landscape views
commanded by the mountains en-.
closing this enchanting city, that one
In held spellbound BY the scenic ef
iects In looking from their SUBMITS
out upon tie broad eIpanse Of cub.
Unity and beauty, stretching away
In all directions, endipg only where
the earth seems 10 reach the heavens
The highest mountain Ia called
Monte sapo. Ga the summit OF the
western slope Of this eminence and
overhanging, as II were, the pre-
eipitous and lofty side Of The
everlasting monument, Hotel Monte
sano has been built. IL Is a
gem OF architecture, being constructed
on the Q1een Ann style, surrounded
by oapscious verandss and q bsautifnl
park. appointments are perfect In
every DEAL and II is flashed with
princely taste.
THE VIEW.
Looking westward from the front
piazza one Ia carried away by the glo.
rious prospect before sim. Down In
the valley lie the fields aud
meadow, ieeming In wild aud
cultivated fertility. Away on,
and beyond, In the blue
mists, rice the mountains one above
the other until they are lost In the
haas Of distance. To the south aud
west the eyes are attracted 10 q level
shining surface, surrounded by lofty
peaks, resting 10 the bosom OF the
hills. There II lies limpid, tranquil
like lake Of liquid silver, rtfectinl
the rays OF the afternoon sun. II you
chance 10 zee u In the evening II will
have changed ehamelisn like into .
lake Of FURNISHED gold In the light Of
the dying day-it Ia the TENNESSEE
river, some thirty miles away. Hunts
vile lies In the valley, two miles from
the foot oil the mountain, like q many
colored Jewel. Is mansions look IN
play houses; lie church splree, which
when In the city appsar 10 pierce tn,
heavens, are abortive pigmies fiou
the hight.
COLD sPaIso.
Ga the eastern slope Of the noun
tain. near the top, Ia q founta'n from
which issues ths purest aud coldss
waters that ~ has ever been In the OF
pcrience oil the writer 10 have tasteC
from q natural spring. The norma
temperature Ia about So Fahrenheit
and alter clambering up the hight II Il
fitting goal Tor the traveller 10 70
fresh himself from la grateful stream
From this point oae gets q glimpse o
the Tennessee mountains through
vis,ss OF white oaks and ceda,s thu
spring from the rocks
From this aide Of the mountain ex
tends q valley broad aud unbIoken b,
elevation until II reaches that line o
blue misty mountains away over II
Tennessee.
But Il lisa most inspirlrg countr,
and language Ia inadequate 10 plctur,
IL; the pen u not q sufficient lnstru
ment with which 10 figure the impulses
OF the soul TOM pidBHE.
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